Clothes-drier.



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CLOTHES DRIER. APPLICATION FILED JUNEIZ, 1915.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

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DANIEL H. PAYNE AND EVYLEN C. WOODWORTH, 0F BOYES SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

Application filed June 12, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, (1) DANIEL H. PAYNE and (2) EVYLEN G.- WooDwoRTH, (l) citizen ofthe United States, and (2) subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Boyes Springs, in the county of Sonoma and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Driers; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention is an improved clothes drier for attachment to and suspension from a ceiling'or other overhead support; the object ofour invention being to provide an improved device of this character which embodies a longitudinally extensible suspending standard, a rack carried by and revolubly connected to the lower end of the standard so that the rack may be readily turned, and means to raise and lower the rack at will so that clothes or other articles to be dried may be readily placed on the rack when the same is lowered, the rack may be readily turned to enable clothes to be attached thereto or taken therefrom at any point and so that the rack may be raised, when loaded, and arranged out of the way and to permit free passage under the rack.

One object of the invention is to provide an improved suspending standard which comprises telescopically arranged tubular elements.

Another object is to'eflt'ect improvements in the construction of the rack."

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement. of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a clothes drier constructed in accordance with our invention, showing the same in lowered position in full lines and in raised position in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same, in lowered position. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the same in raised position. Fig. 4 is a detail elevation of the same in raised position. Fig. 5 is a detail plan of the rack. Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view on the plane indicated by the linet fi of Fig. 3.1. Fig. 7 is a detaile e- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

Serial No. 33,721.

vation, partly in section, of one of the radial rack arms and of one of the wire securing bolts. Fig. 8 is a detail plan of the attaching block and of the upper end of the suspending standard. Fig. 9 is a detail vertical sectional view of the same.

In accordance with our invention we provide a revoluble rack 1, which comprises a hub member 2 and a series of radially arranged arms 3. The hub member is in practlce a casting, comprising a central tubular portlon 4, a lowerhead 5 formed with radially arranged upwardly inclined arms 6, and

an upper head 7. The diameter of the lower head is somewhat greater than that of the upper head. The inner ends of the arms 3 are fitted between the heads, so that said arms 3 bear on the arms 6 of the lower head and their inner ends abut against the central portion 4 of the spider. Each racli arm 3 is secured to one of the hub arms 6 by means of a bolt 8. Owing to this construction of the hub member and the arrangement of the rack arms, the latter while being very securely and strongly fastened to the hub member may be readily removed therefrom when desired. Each rack arm has a series of openings 9, suitably spaced apart, and of which any desired number may be provided, and lines 10, which may be of such material as an ordinary clothes line, are passed through the said openings 9, arranged in spaced relation and parallel with each other, and serve to connect the rack arms 3. Articles of clothing or the like, for drying, may be hung both on the rack arms 3 and on the lines 10, and hence'the rack is of maximum capacity and a large number of articles may be hung thereon and dried at one time,

opening 16 and in the upper side of the attaching block is a counterbore or recess 17.

The suspending standard 19 is longitudinally adjustable, so that it may be lengthened and shortened at will and comprises a series of telescopically arranged tubular members. As here shown said suspending standard comprises a tubular upper member 19, a tubular lower member 20 and a pair of tubular intermediate members 2122. Each of the said tubular members is provided at its upper end with an outwardly extending bead or flange and at its lower end with an inwardly extending bead or flange, and said tubular members are progressively each of less diameter than the next and said members are telescopically fitted, one within another, so that the said suspending standard may be readily extended or shortened, as desired. The upper end of the upper member 19 is fitted in the opening 16 of the attaching block and the outturned flange or bead 23 of said members bears in the bottom of the counter-sink or recess 17, as shown in Fig. 9, so that said upper member 19 is securely attached to said attaching block. A pulley 24 is mounted, as at 25, for rotation in a casing 25 which is suspended from a plate 25 on the upper end of the tubular member 19. The inturned flange bead of said upper tubular member is shown at 26.

The member 21 is provided in addition to its outturned upper flange 27 and its inturned lower flange 28 with a stopbead or flange 29, which may be rolled therein, or otherwise suitably produced and which, when the standard is extended or lowered, bears on the flange 26 as shown in Fig. 2. The member 22 is similarly constructed, its upper outturned flange being indicated at 30, its lower inturned flange at 31 and its stop flange at 32. The upper, lower and stop flanges of the lower member 20 are respectively indicated at 33, 34: and 35.

A bolt 36 extends through the lower tubular member 20 and projects below the same, its lower end extending through the central bore of the tubular member 4 of the rack hub, so that the rack is pivotally mounted on the lower end of the bolt and may be revolved at will. A nut 37 is screwed to the lower end of the bolt to bear under the hub of the rack and support the same, a washer 38 being interposed between the lower end of the tubular member 20 and the upper side of the hub of the rack, as shown.

To raise and lower the rack and shorten or extend the suspending standard we provide a suitable cord 39 which passes over the pulley 24, and a second pulley 40, which is mounted at a suitable distance from said pulley 24c and one end of this cord extends down through the telescopically constructed and arranged suspending standard and is attached to an eye 41 at the upper end of the bolt. When the rack is raised, which maybe done by drawing .down on the outer end f the c 39, said cord may be s.e

ing tubular members each having an outturned flange .at its upper end, an inturned flange at its lower end, a stop flange on its outer side spaced from its upper flangeand adapted to bear on the inturned lower flange of the member in which it is fitted when the standard is extended, an attaching member secured to the upper end of the upper tubular member, a bolt extending through and below the lower tubular member, a rack revolubly mounted on the lower portion of the bolt, and a raising and lowering cord attached to the upper end of the bolt and partly arranged in said standard, and direction pulleys for said cord.

2. A clothes drier of the character described comprising a longitudinally extensible vertically arranged suspending standard having a plurality of tubular telescopically fitted members, an attaching device at the upper end of the upper tubular member, a bolt extending through and below the lower tubular member, a rack revolubly mounted on the lower portion of the bolt, a raising and lowering cord attached to the upper end of the bolt .and partly arranged in said staicildard, and direction pulleys for said cor 3. A clothes drier of the class described comprising a longitudinally extensible vertically arranged suspending standard :having a plurality of tubular telescopically fitted members, said members having inturned flanges at their lower ends, outwardly extending flanges on the upper ends of all of the members, stop flanges on certain of said members, said stop flanges being arranged in spaced relation to the outtu-rned flanges of the members, and a raising and lowering cord attached to the lower member.

4. A clothes drier of the class describedcomprising a longitudinally extensible vertically arranged suspending standard having a plurality of tubular telescopically fitted members, an outwardly extending flange at the upper end of the upper memher, an attaching block having an opening through which passes the upper end of the upper member, said block having in its upper sides a counter bore to provide a shoulder upon which rests the flange of the upper member, a plate mounted in the block through an opening therein, and a 10 counter bore and resting upon the upper rack carried by the'lower member.

end of the upper member, a pulley carried In testimony whereof we afiix our signaby said plate and located in the upper end tures in presence of two Witnesses.

of the upper member, a raising and lower- DANIEL H. PAYNE.

ing cord secured at its lower end to the EVYLEN C. WOODWORTH. lower member, said cord passing upwardly Witnesses:

through the member and over the pulley, the J. T. RYAN,

cord then passing out beyond the attaching FREDK T. DUHRING.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Gommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

